Quantitative control of RTM6 epoxy resin polymerisation by optical index determination

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 15-16, 2007, Pages 3196-3201

  Aduriz, X A ^a,b   Lupi, C ^a   Boyard, N ^b   Bailleul, J L ^b   Leduc, D ^a   Sobotka, V ^b   Lefevre N ^b   Chapeleau, X ^a   Boisrobert, C ^a   Delaunay, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

A. Smart materials; B. Curing; Optical fibre sensor

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLYMERIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EPOXY RESIN POLYMERISATION; OPTICAL INDEX DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE CONTROL;

EPOXY RESINS;

CALCULATION; DATA PROCESSING; EPOXY RESIN; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; POLYMERIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; SENSOR;

EID: 35248814432     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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